- gleus
- order, trim, tune, Irish gleus, Early Irish glés; for root, See glèidh and glé. Strachan adduces Early Irish glése, brightness, and takes it from *glent-t-, allied to German glanz, splendour, English glance. Cf. Welsh glwys, fair, pleasant. Hence gleusda, diligent.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.